Secular Student Alliance Bylaws updated

On 1/5/2010 the Secular Student Alliance Board of Directors voted to make the following change to Article 3, Section 6, Part (a) of our Bylaws.

There have been two requirements for being elected to the SSA Board of Directors:

1) Being one of the candidates who gets the most votes. The candidates with the most votes will fill the open slots on the Board of Directors.

2) Getting at least a majority of the votes cast.

The Bylaws have been changed so that the second requirement is met with only one third of the votes cast.

The specific change is:

"In April of each year, on a date chosen by the Chair of the Board, members shall vote on candidates to serve a trial period on the Board of Directors. Candidates who have been nominated and wish to run shall provide statements of their qualifications and why they wish to serve, which shall be forwarded to the membership no less than 4 weeks prior to the election. Members shall have 1 week to vote. If the number of candidates nominated (the 'slate') is less than or equal to the number of vacancies on the board, the members may vote 'Yes' or 'No' on each candidates, and a majority of 'Yes' votes is sufficient to elect a candidate. If the number of candidates nominated is greater than the number of vacancies, members shall be asked to vote for a number of candidates equal to the number of vacancies. The candidates with the most votes (up to the number of vacancies), and at least a majority third of the votes, shall be elected. Ties shall be broken by the Chair of the Board. There is no quorum."